When you don't have the skill to play against elite players, your only hope is to take them out of the game completely. Avs threw this game off poor penalties and nearly came back to tie the game. The bench won't forget this hit and will only make the boys play harder coming back to CO.
This kind of hit was supposed to be removed from the game 20 years ago. Targeting the head of a vulnerable player. Whether or not it was intentional doesn't matter. Direct contact to the head has to have severe consequences or players will push it to the limit. You need to control your stick, skates and body. Not reckless abandon.
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Dirty
Hell yeah 🔥🔥
Correct call. Great huge shoulder to shoulder hockey hit.
Beautiful hit
Deserves 3 games and should of been a major
illegal check to the head, insane that there was no penalty
When you don't have the skill to play against elite players, your only hope is to take them out of the game completely. Avs threw this game off poor penalties and nearly came back to tie the game. The bench won't forget this hit and will only make the boys play harder coming back to CO.
This kind of hit was supposed to be removed from the game 20 years ago. Targeting the head of a vulnerable player. Whether or not it was intentional doesn't matter. Direct contact to the head has to have severe consequences or players will push it to the limit. You need to control your stick, skates and body. Not reckless abandon.
Clean
To me, looks like principal point of contact is the shoulder but he also smacks his head on Johnston
Totally clean
I’m not a fan of either team. But it was a dirty hit by a trash player whose playing days are numbered for doing 💩 like this. Karma is coming